Owen Williams has been misused by Wales but it is to the benefit of Gloucester Rugby as the outside-half joins from Leicester Tigers.

Williams made his debut from the bench against Tonga on Wales’ summer tour. He did not play in the 19-1 win over Samoa as he remained on the bench, during 160 minutes of rugby, Williams played for just nine.

During his short amount of time on the field, he was actually played out of position. The Welshman, who hails from Ystradgynlais, can play outside-half, inside-centre or fullback but was used by Wales as an outside-centre.

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He came off the bench as a blood-sub for Scott Williams in the second-half of the 24-6 win over Tonga. After nine minutes on the field, his namesake returned to the field as the Gloucester man settled back into his spot on the bench.

It begs the question, would Williams even have made his debut had the Scarlets man not suffered an injury?

Wales are not blessed with talent at centre and behind the trio of Williams, Jonathan Davies and Jamie Roberts they lack depth. This summer tour was a good chance to test Williams as a second distributor at 12 as Wales look to change their game plan. However, this chance was missed with Roberts starting both games at inside-centre.